Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 15:23:06 CDT 2009
My understanding is that LCD does better in rooms that have other light sources like windows. Plasma does better in darker spaces. Plasma screens are generally shinier so they have more reflections so they tend to need darker rooms to minimize those reflections. LCD tends to be BRIGHTER so it can also handle brighter rooms from that way too. Plasma is thought to produce better BLACKS than LCD though which tends to have more dark grey blacks. This information may be somewhat dated though as I haven't been keeping up with recent developments in TV technology. I would guess that the gaps have closed and it's not as big of a deal. Size may be your determinating factor though. Plasma's are not afailable in as many sizes as LCD's seem to be. And LCD's are only available up to about 50" or they get seriously expensive above that size. If you want 60 or up you might look at DLP rear projection. They are only about 16 inches deep and you can go up to 73" diagonal. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: We have an LCD in a 40" in a fairly bright room and it works just fine. We also have a DLP 62" and it works better with the shades drawn when it's a sunny day. Even though it has a anti-glare screen on it there is still quite a bit of reflection. But that TV is 5 years old now and people are still awed by the picture on it too. GK > Dear Lists: > > I'm getting some pressure to upgrade our big TV to a flat screen. Looked at > a few in Frys the other day. So what's the difference between LCD and > plasma? Which one to get? > > TIA > > Rocky > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com